New demo trailer released for VOIVOD inspired video game 'Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior'
15-10-2026
Independent developer Chaosmonger Studio has revealed a brand-new demo trailer for “Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior”, a narrative-driven, run-and-gun Metroidvania based on the music, artwork and dystopian science-fiction universe of legendary Canadian metal band VOIVOD.
The game will participate in Steam Next Fest, October 19-26, where players will be able to experience a free playable demo featuring two distinct gameplay modes.
“Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior” is scheduled for release in early 2027 on PC and consoles.
Set in a post-nuclear future where reality itself is falling apart, “Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior” blends fast-paced run-and-gun combat, Metroidvania exploration, atmospheric storytelling and gritty, handcrafted pixel art.
Players take control of the Voivod, a constantly mutating warrior whose mind has been shattered. Guided by the mysterious Nothingface, he must journey through devastated landscapes, biomechanical nightmares and fractured dimensions to recover fragments of his lost memories.
Along the way, players will battle grotesque mutants, discover bizarre creatures, unlock new weapons and abilities, and confront formidable bosses in a world inspired by the band’s unmistakable artistic universe.
Developed in close collaboration with VOIVOD, the game brings the band’s mythology, music and visual identity into an interactive experience, combining its distinctive science-fiction themes with intense action and exploration.
The Steam Next Fest demo offers two distinct gameplay experiences, giving players different ways to enter the Voivodian universe.
Story Path lets players experience approximately the first hour of the full adventure, starting with its opening sequence and placing greater emphasis on narrative, exploration and the game’s rich sci-fi lore. Players are gradually introduced to the world, its characters, weapons and abilities, following the natural progression designed for the complete game.
Combat Trial delivers a more immediate, action-focused experience, giving players access to a wider selection of weapons and abilities as they battle through intense enemy encounters and face a challenging boss.
Both modes showcase different sides of the game, from its strange atmosphere and unfolding narrative to its frantic combat and grotesque enemy designs.
As development progresses toward the planned early 2027 release, Chaosmonger Studio continues to fine-tune combat, enemy behavior and gameplay balance, incorporating feedback from ongoing playtesting to further polish the experience.
“Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior” is currently in development for PC (Windows, MacOS, Linux, Steam Deck) and consoles (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox),with a planned multi-platform release in early 2027.
Chaosmonger Studio is an independent creative studio based in Tallinn, Estonia, founded by Italian filmmaker and game developer Nicola Piovesan. With more than 20 years of experience across film, animation and interactive entertainment, the studio has developed games including “ENCODYA” and “Clunky Hero”.
VOIVOD‘s new album, “Symphonique“, a special live collaboration with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra (Orchestre Symphonique De Québec), was made available on June 5, 2026 worldwide via Century Media Records. “Symphonique”, which functions like an epic piece of cinema, showcases VOIVOD‘s pioneering futuristic metal with the strains of a symphony orchestra, and features a carefully curated VOIVOD best-of setlist composed of 12 songs across 73 minutes, recorded live on June 4, 2025, at the Grand Théâtre in Québec City, Canada.
VOIVOD previously played two shows with the Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal on January 29, 2025 and January 30, 2025 at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
VOIVOD‘s upcoming live album was recorded during a performance with the Orchestre Symphonique De Québec, conducted by Dina Gilbert, on June 4, 2025 at Grand Théâtre de Québec in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below.
The setlist for the show was as follows, according to Setlist.fm:
01. Experiment
02. Holographic Thinking
03. The Unknown Knows
04. The End Of Dormancy
05. Into My Hypercube
06. Forgotten In Space
07. Cosmic Drama
08. Pre-Ignition
09. Nuclear War
10. Fall
11. Tribal Convictions
12. Astronomy Domine (PINK FLOYD cover)
Late last month, VOIVOD drummer Michel “Away” Langevin told Le Soleil about the Quebec City performance: “The problem with making a record is that you have to pay a lot of royalties, because there are a lot of musicians and it costs a fortune. However, we’re working on recording the Quebec City show and eventually releasing it on vinyl or CD. We really want to do that.”
According to Langevin, there are no plans to release a professionally filmed video of the concert. “A DVD costs much, much more, so we forgot about that idea and focused on the audio,” he said. “We haven’t yet decided to turn this performance into a live album, but we’re working very hard on this major project.”
VOIVOD previously played two shows with the Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal on January 29 and January 30 at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Regarding how the collaboration with the Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal came about, Langevin told The Metal Voice in a December 2024 interview: “Oh my God, I think we’ve been dreaming about that forever. But it came through a strange chain of circumstances, where I did an interview for the magazine L’Itinéraire, for homeless people selling magazines on the street, and then I did an interview with one of the journalists for the magazine, and it ended up being published online by La Presse. And then the people directing the orchestra, the organization, they were made aware of that by one of the musicians from the orchestra, which is a metal dude and he’s a fan.”
VOIVOD celebrated 40 eventful years of existence in 2023 with a special anniversary studio album titled “Morgöth Tales”, which was released on July 21. 2023 via Century Media Records. The LP’s last released single is “Fix My Heart (2023 Version)”, accompanied by a video directed by Above The Void.
Watch “Fix My Heart (2023 Version)” below.
VOIVOD guitarist Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain comments on the new single: “It’s always the highlight of our live show when the audience claps with big smiles all round. To me it’s about keeping hope and focus towards a better future, moving on, leaving the past behind and exploring new worlds within. ‘I’m not afraid to live’.”
Once more recorded and mixed by Francis Perron at RadicArt Studio, mastered by Maor Appelbaum and produced by VOIVOD, “Morgöth Tales” includes fresh studio re-recordings by the band’s current lineup of nine especially selected, not-so-obvious picks from the band’s hyper-classy and extremely diverse back catalogue (between 1984 and 2003) as well as a brand-new song and the album’s title track, “Morgöth Tales”.
VOIVOD drummer Michel “Away” Langevin commented: “‘Morgöth Tales’ covers 40 years of space exploration.
“It was really exciting for us to revisit a more obscure part of the VOIVOD catalogue, from thrash-punk to prog-metal.
“The title track is a new song, which we started writing on the tour bus and hotels during the OPETH European tour in November/December 2022. It has the vibe of the experimental music we are doing nowadays, with a new twist I think. We also had the great thrill of getting Eric (Forrest) and Jason (Newsted) involved on this album.
“I hope you’ll dig it. Chewy, Rocky, Snake and I certainly had a blast recording it. All aboard and ready for take-off!”
“Morgöth Tales” track listing:
01. Condemned To The Gallows(2023 Version) (originally on “Metal Massacre V” compilation, 1984)
02. Thrashing Rage (2023 Version) (originally on “Rrröööaaarrr”, 1986)
03. Killing Technology (2023 Version) (originally on “Killing Technology”, 1987)
04. Macrosolutions To Megaproblems (2023 Version) (originally on “Dimension Hatröss”, 1988)
05. Pre-Ignition (2023 Version) (originally on “Nothingface”, 1989)
06. Nuage Fractal (2023 Version) (originally on “Angel Rat”, 1991)
07. Fix My Heart (2023 Version) (originally on “The Outer Limits”, 1993)
08. Rise (2023 Version, feat. Eric Forrest) (originally on “Phobos”, 1997)
09. Rebel Robot (2023 Version, feat. Jason Newsted) (originally on “Voivod”, 2003)
10. Morgöth Tales (New Song)
Snake previously spoke about “Morgöth Tales” in a recent interview with Agoraphobic News. He said: “It was a really fun thing to do. It was like a time capsule, going back in time to revisit these old songs, especially one in particular, which was first song we ever recorded (‘Condemned To The Gallows’); that was for ‘Metal Massacre V’ (1984) on Metal Blade Records back in the day, before our first album. And the funny thing about it was there was no lyric sheet in the compilation itself. It was us, including many other bands. And the way it was recorded, it was really hard to figure out the lyrics; I couldn’t remember what I was singing. So we’re looking everywhere on the Internet, if someone has it or whatever. And it was nowhere to be found. And then I said to myself, ‘Maybe mom has it in the attic somewhere.’ And then I called my sister: ‘Can you check at mom’s place? Maybe she put it somewhere.’ And she went, and my mom classified — everything is in order with mom. And she was, like, ‘Yeah, yeah, I have it. File number six.’ And then she pulls out the only copy of the lyrics in the world of that song.’ And we were, like, ‘Yeah!’ ‘Cause music for the song was already recorded. And we were, like, ‘Oh my God. What are we gonna do?'”
Circling back to the upcoming 40th-anniversary album, Snake said that it will contain a song “not from every album, but mostly the period from ‘Rrröööaaarrr’, ‘Killing Technology’, ‘Dimension Hatröss’, ‘Nothingface’; we revisit one song from each album. And it’s in a chronological order. So it’s very fun. It was fun to do.”
He added: “It was really — like I said — like a time capsule, going back. And I’m trying to sing these songs like I used to.”
VOIVOD‘s 15th studio album, “Synchro Anarchy”, was released in February 2022 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2018’s “The Wake” was produced by Francis Perron at RadicArt Studio and features cover artwork created by drummer Michel Langevin (a.k.a. Away).
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